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BACKGROUND The Sidewalk Maintenance project is an annual City program. The City's Streets Division identifies sidewalk areas that are potential tripping hazards and the City's ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) Compliance Committee recommends locations for improvements. The City of Pleasanton's Engineering Division considers safety improvement, priority, proximity to other locations requiring work, scheduling of other street projects, and available budget when prioritizing locations to be improved each year. This project consists of removing and replacing 7,990 SF of sidewalk that presents potential tripping hazards, 70 LF of curb and gutter that has cracks and drainage problem and installing 12 new intersection ramps for ADA accessibility near sidewalk repairs. This year's improvements will take place near Civic Park and the surrounding areas, Hansen Drive, Hopyard Road between Valley Avenue and Hansen Drive and Division Street near Del Valle Parkway. DISCUSSION Bids The engineer's estimate for the project was calculated at $95,000. Sealed bids were opened on October 9, 2012. Six bids were received that ranged from $95,301 to $181,734 (see Attachment 2). The low bid was received from Nor-Cal Concrete Company, Inc. of Suisun, California. All bid documents were found to be in order and past work performed by Nor-Cal Concrete was verified to be satisfactory. Staff recommends award of the construction contract to the lowest responsible bidder, Nor- Cal Concrete Company, Inc. Budget Staff recommends that the contingency amount for this project be set at 15% of the construction contract due to potential expansion of project limits due to defects that may become apparent during the demolition phase. A summary of funding arid estimated expenditures is presented in Attachment 3. Schedule The proposed schedule for the project is as follows: Approval of Plans and Specifications/Award of Contract November 20, 2012 Start of Construction January 2012 End of Construction March 2012 Page 2 of 3